Escaped Mental Patient Hunted In Vicious Killings
A nationwide manhunt targets Frank Edward Wetzel 36 of New York after two North Carolina highway patrolmen were killed. Wetzel fled a New York mental hospital and is linked to a tan and white 1957 Ford stolen in Kentucky. Authorities issued John Doe warrants and seek Wetzel on a double homicide probe in Rockingham and Sanford, North Carolina.
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Raleigh, N. C
North Carolina
Frank Edward Wetzel
New York State
Kentucky
Wetzel
Shively
Louisville
Fingercar
Rockingham
N.C
Sanford
John Doe
J. T. Brown
New York
Mississippi
Pinekan
Airman wins kidney transplant chance at Hondo base
Lt Samuel Merriman 26 defied earlier disqualification rules after Air Force Secretary James Douglas intervened to allow a kidney transplant to save his gravely ill twin. Merriman,On one-year duty at Hondo Air Force Base, plans the operation initially slated for Dec. 1 in Richmond. His brother rests in a Oklahoma City veterans hospital.
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K Hondo
Tex.i
Samuel Merriman
Hondo Air Force Base
Billy
Merriman
Texas Air National Guard
Austin
Air Force
James Douglas
Douglas
Washington
Oklahoma City
Richmond
Veterans Hospital
North
Texas State College
Honda
Auto Search Ruled Legal in Tulsa Case
A Tulsa judge ruled that if a driver violates a traffic law state troopers may search the vehicle. Judge Leslie Lisle said the power to search applies to state highway officers during routine stops. Edwards, halted for a license check, had his car seized and searched after producing a license issued to his brother. He faced a charge of second offense liquor transportation when contraband was found.
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Tulsa
Common Pleas
Leslie Uusle
Martin Edwards
Lisle
State Highway Patrol
Edwards
Regents award $698,300 contract for women’s dormitory
University of Oklahoma regents awarded a $698,300 contract for a new women’s dormitory to Builders Construction of Oklahoma City, the lowest of 19 bids. In other business they renewed the distinguished service citation program with spring commencement 1958, noting the program had been discontinued in 1964, and discussed pursuing a doctor of engineering degree.
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Norman
Okla
Upy
University of Oklahoma Regents
Builders Construction
Oklahoma City
Regents
Homes Near Fall As Cavein Still Grows
Seattle residents face expanding sewer cave-in near Ravenna Boulevard after a 15-foot break in a 50-year-old bricklined pipe. A 200 by 120 foot crater forms as sewage erodes soil. 74 families evacuated as city engineers race to build a bypass sewer line, a process likely to take days or weeks.
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Seattle
Ravenna Houlevard
James L. Robertson
Robertson
Dale Goss
Seattle Public Schools
Fort Sills Play Opens Tonight at Red Barn Theatre
The Red Barn Players begin the 1957 58 season with Light Up The Sky at 8 pm on Fort Sills Reserve. Wayne Knittin directs a Moss Hart three act comedy featuring Rae Waller and a cast including Lou Harris Street Egli and Hanson. Tickets $2 at officer club NCD service clubs library box office.
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Cially
Red Barn Players
Moss Hart
Wayne Knittin
Players’ Theater
Rae Waller
Frances Black
WAC
Lou Harris
Stella Livingston
Frank L. Street
Sitmey Black
Dick Egli
Carleton Fitzgerald
Lorrie Egli
Irene Livingston
Johnn Steinfeld
Qwen Turner
Mel Berry
Tyler Rayburn
Alicia Hanson
Miss Lowell
Pfc
Jim Applegate
Peter
Carl Bullock
Frank Dossett
Shriner
Oficer’s
NCD
Red Barn
NLRB rules on coffee breaks during unionizing vote
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Fleming Manufacturing of Cuba Mo violated the Taft Hartley Act by removing employee coffee breaks without union consultation during a union election. The board ordered bargaining with the International Association of Machinists on coffee breaks wages and hours, noting the action as an illegal reprisal.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Willie Mays clears hurdle to buy San Francisco home
Giants star Willie Mays and his wife Marguerite secured a $37,500 home overlooking the Pacific in an exclusive San Francisco area after overcoming neighbor objections. Owner Walter Gneschlott said the sale was first-come, first-served, while Mayor George Christopher praised the city's cosmopolitan record and Mays denounced concealed prejudice.
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San Francisco
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
Willie
Pacific
St. Francis Wood
San Francisco Hills
Mays
Walter A. Gneschlott
Associated Press
Gneschloft
Peter Morgan
George Christopher
New Highway 270 Route Approved in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City AP The State Highway Commission approved a new US 270 route east of McAlester to run north of Hartshorne and Ha ilerville as part of a four plan to circle the Eufaula reservoir now under construction. The plan includes 4.1 miles of road and a new Brushy Creek bridge at about 920000 dollars, with the existing highway to be inundated by the reservoir.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
McAlester
Hartshorne
Hailerville
Army
Eufaula Reservoir
Brushy Creek
Hearing Set in Hugo on Boswell Reservoir Project
A public hearing on proposed flood control and water supply changes at Boswell reservoir and Boggy Creek project in Oklahoma will be held in Hugo on December 11. The dam site lies three miles west of Soper in Choctaw county as part of Red River projects authorized in 1946.
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Tulsa
Boswell
Boggy Creek
Oklahoma
Hugo
Boswell Reservoir
Red River
Denison Dam
Soper
Choctaw County
Jail visitor found with jail sheets and towels in bag
Mrs Eva M Eicher visited her husband at the county jail and left with a shopping bag containing two jail sheets and six towels hidden inside the bag deputies noted the substance of the bag as she prepared to depart.
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Cincinnati
Health Service Battles Microbial Bugs in Atlanta
Health Service and the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta begin work to combat billions of microscopic bugs causing yellow jaundice leprosy diarrheal diseases and the common cold. New diagnostic methods enable quick detection of germs and a faster, cheaper process could aid preventive medicine and extend lifespans.
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Leon Burnett
United Press
Atlanta
Service
W Ark
Bandits Kill 77 in Colombia In West Regions
Reports from Bogota say bandits in Colombia's west and central mountains killed 40 last weekend, raising the toll to at least 77 from a week of violence. Belated dispatches say 36 killed in Huila, four in Frazada, and 27 in Tolima Caldas and Valle del Cauca provinces. Motive appears robbery.
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Bogota
Colombia
Huila
Frazada
Tolima
Caldas
Valle del Caura
Moonwatch tempo slows at Cambridge Moonwatch HQ
Moonwatch activity in Cambridge Massachusetts has slowed with few sightings of Russian and American satellites. Since last Saturday only three official reports reached the observatory via the Naval Research Laboratory, all from Sydney. Observers described the object as a bright signal, likely Alpha I or Sputnik I rocket.
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Operation Moonwatch
Cambridge
Mass
Sydney
Australia
J. Allen Hynek
Observatory
Sean
Moonwatch
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington
United States
Ghana cabinet ministers to be armed with revolvers
Interior Minister Krobo Edusei announced in Accra that cabinet ministers would be armed with revolvers. He stated the measure aimed to counter growing anti-government sentiment in the young republic.
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Accra
Ghana
Krobo Edusei
Funeral Rites for Ernest L. Weeda Held in Cyril Church
Ernest L. Weeda 74 died after a two year illness in Duncan. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Church of Christ at Cyril with T Watson officiating. Survivors include wife Grace, a daughter Ima Lois Laseter, four sons Herbert Eldon Donald and Otto, a sister and three brothers, 11 grandchildren. Talton Funeral Home of Fletcher in charge.
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Ernest L. Weeda
Weeda
Duncan
of Christ
Cyril
T. Watson
Whiteny Garrett
Cement Baptist Church
Weedn
Kansas
Caddo County
Long Beach
Calif
Talton Funeral Home
Fletcher
Times Have Changed They Say As Ten Year Old Paper Found
A Chicago couple discovered a ten year old advertisement in a newspaper nabbed with their new apartment. The ad shows a merchant offering credit terms and hints at a past life story as the couple ponders how much has changed since the era.
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Chicago
30 Years Ago In Lawton City Notes
Summary of items from 30 years ago includes city leaders optimistic after talks on building a 100 bed general hospital here. Ad valorem taxes for Lawton homeowners to be lower due to reduced bonded indebtedness. Jenn Shoemaker announced by Ron Stephens as this week’s Chamber president. USC regional supervisor arrives to arrange closing of two USO organizations in Lawton. Also notes WPA rolls certified in Comanche county for first time since 1935, field artillery focus at Fort Sill, and Pilgrim club meeting advances. Carloads of turkey shipped to eastern markets and Maj. Gen Hugh L. Scott as guest of honor at local Chamber of Commerce.
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Ruby
Moore
Comanche
Lawton
Jenn Shoemaker
Ron Stephens
Chamber
Frank
Sullivan
Kansas City
USC
USO
WPA
Comanche ‘County
Bert Sawyer
Sixth Congressional District
Fort Sill
Pilgrim Club
Congregational Church
del Fisher
A. McIntyre
Army
Duncan
Bo C. Swinney
Lawson Ginl
Hugh.l. Scott
Ocal Chamber of Commerce
Paners Settle Labor Dispute
ATLANTA UP A labor dispute between Atlanta Newspapers Inc and its mail room workers ended with a settlement. Seven of 65 striking mailers were fired but disputes remain open to arbitration. Normal operations resumed after short strike actions as picket lines were removed and workers returned to their jobs.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Newspapers, Inc
Jack Tarver
Morning Constitution
Afternoon Journal
Harold A. Hosier
Solons Eye Proposed Bond Issue For Penal Facilities
Oklahoma City lawmakers consider a proposed 1.5 million bond issue to fund new penal facilities and prison farm acquisitions. State Sen. Howard Young notes potential foundation funds and may cut McAlester prison costs by updating parole policies. Officials from state boards and several institutions testified on needs as National Probation and Parole Association staff discussed expansion plans tied to a Ford Foundation grant.
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Oklahoma
Howard Young
Dstigler
Young
McAlester
Perry Howell
State Board of Affairs
National Probation and Parole Association
Fred Ward
Aubrey Eliott
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